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overreplace

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ replace .

Verb

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overreplace (third-person singular simple present overreplaces , present participle overreplacing , simple past and past participle overreplaced )

  1. To replace in excess
    • 1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, →ISBN, page 200:
      While it is a common error to overreplace blood losses and to give too great volumes of electrolyte solutions to elderly patients, it is just as common to give too little.
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